Chronically fatigued but blood work is fine (M25) Any advice?
Hi everyone, I'm completely stuck on how to move forward. For a very long period now, I have been struggling with debilitating fatigue, and I always wake up completely exhausted not wanting to get out of bed.
Along with this, I deal with brain fog, concentration problems, low social battery, bit of anxiety/feelings of doom, stuffy nose, irritability, muscle fatigue, bad short term memory and just straight up constantly forgetting things and struggling with word recall/verbal fluency and I often have this feeling of not feeling 'alive' or 'in the moment'. Sort of a derealization. My bad short term memory is something that I've always had but it's gotten worse with the amount of fatigue I'm experiencing. I get most fatigued after physical exertion.
My doctor ran a blood panel and everything came back within the normal reference ranges, except for one of my stress markers which was slightly elevated. My diet is solid, with plenty of protein, vegetables, healthy fats and I work out regularly, also drink coffee maybe 2 days a week.
I used to experiment with many supplements but now I keep it minimal with just magnesium (300-400mg), zinc (22mg), boron (10mg), K2, and occasional creatine(5g, should be more consistent with this), L-Theanine, Curcumin and Maca. My vit D levels are within the reference range but could be more optimal, but whenever I take it no matter the dose I get even more fatigued so I will not be taking that for now.
I've been looking for supplements to maybe help me out a bit and this is what I'm currently looking at: better Curcumin (one I have is really bad), NAC, CoQ10, Omega-3 DHA, Nicotinamide Riboside, Holy Basil, Ashwagandha and maybe Lions Mane.
What I'm suspecting is that I have some kind of mitochondrial dysfunction or I'm too stressed out but I'm just not sure. I am just confused on how to move forward when labs say I am fine but I feel like a sack of potatoes :(
Any advice is appreciated on what to do next!!